In addition, Superior’s belt scale packages are available with one of two integrator models, both built with easy to operate touch screen menus, diagnostic screens that show load cell out-puts independently and recalls up to eight previous scale totals. An optional speed sensor easily mounts to most conveyor frames and adjusts to applicable belt widths. www.superior-ind.com veCoplan names CHoCHolko nortH ameriCan Wood, Biomass & BioFuels sales manaGer his new position. “The sustained growth that we’ve experienced, especially in large systems for wood and biomass being prepped for conver-sion to alternative fuels, has made it necessary for us to expand both our facilities and our personnel. We are fortunate to have someone of Yuri’s caliber join our team here at Vecoplan,” states Marty Kennedy, Executive Vice President. www.VecoplanLLC.com pellet teCHnoloGy and vermeer Form allianCe For FeedstoCk Grinder y uri Chocholko has joined Veco-plan, LLC as its North Ameri-can Wood, Biomass & Biofuels Sales Manager. Chocholko will be responsible for overseeing the continued growth and strategic development of Vecoplan’s existing markets for machinery, equipment and systems in the wood, biomass & biofuels industries throughout the U.S. and Canada. Vecoplan is a worldwide leader in industrial technologies, in-cluding shredding, conveying, screening, separating, and dosing as well as complete feedstock preparation systems for the alterna-tive fuels sector. In addition to a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Mechanical & Production Engineering from Leeds Metropoli-tan University UK, Chocholko brings 19 years of industrial wood capital equipment sales, service and management experience to ellet Technology USA, a biomass processing technology com-pany, has formed a strategic alliance with Vermeer Corpora-tion. Vermeer will serve as the exclusive supplier of the feedstock grinder to be used in Pellet Technology’s patent-pending system to manufacture Power Pellets from stover, wood, energy crops, and other agricultural residues. Vermeer’s HG6000 horizontal grinder, complete with a pat-ented Series II duplex drum, will be integrated with the Pellet Technology air-assisted feed system, allowing for higher-mois-ture agricultural residue to be processed. The grinder features a self-cleaning “bioscreen” that maintains an even level of biomass throughput while preventing flow blockage. This design feature rectifies issues the biomass industry has had with producing a consistently sized product. The grinder’s addition to Pellet Tech-nology’s design package provides a key component to its turnkey biomass processing solution. www.pellettechnologyusa.com, www.vermeer.com P EVENTS BOARD JANUARY 16-18, 2012 • Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show San Francisco, California www.biomassconference.com/pacific west FEBRUARY 28-29, 2012 • Bioenergy, Fuels & Products Conference & Expo Atlanta, Georgia www.bioenergyshow.com FEBRUARY 29 – MARCH 2, 2012 • World Sustainable Energy Days Wels, Austria www.wsed.at/en/service/home MARCH 13-15, 2012 • World Biofuels Markets Rotterdam, The Netherlands www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com APRIL 16-19, 2012 • International Biomass Conference & Expo Denver, Colorado www.biomassconference.com MAY 2-4, 2012 • The Forest Energy Forum Miami, Florida http://theforestenergyforum.com/ MAY 23-24, 2012 • All-Energy 2012 Exhibition & Conference Aberdeen, Scotland www.all-energy.co.uk MAY 29-31, 2012 • World Bioenergy 2012 Jönköping, Sweden www.elmia.se/en/worldbioenergy JUNE 13-15, 2012 • Bioenergy Conference & Exhibition Prince George, British Columbia www.bioenergyconference.org JUNE 13-15, 2012 • 2012 Canadian District Energy Association Conference Ottawa, Ontario www.cdea.ca/event/2012-cdea-conference AD INDEX Airoflex Equipment Allied Blower Baker-Rullman Mfg, Inc. Bandit Industries, Inc. Buhler, Inc Cardinal Distribution, Inc. Comact Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. Electromatic Equip’t Co., Inc. Fecon Firelogic, Inc. Hatton-Bown IBCE Jeffrey Rader Corp. La Meccanica srl di Reffo. Morbark Opticom Technologies, Inc. Peterson Pacific Quadco Rawlings Rodrigue Métal Ltée Rotochopper, inc. Scheuch, Inc. Silvana Import Trading, Inc. Vecoplan, LLC World Bioenergy 24 20 15 2 34 12 13 39 26 33 21 9 29 28 19 35 17 5 36 23 14 40 37 33 30 7 More events at canadianbiomassmagazine.com 38 Canadian BIOMASS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011
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